Political Science: Subject Guide: Citation

Introduction to Citation Tools

Citation Management Tools can help you in keeping track of your sources, citing sources within your text, and creating a bibliography. EasyBib is a citaiton tool you can add to GoogleDocs simply by selecting it as an "Add-on." Another great tool is Zotero.

TIP:When using citation tools, you must check the citations with a relevant Style Guide because they do make mistakes, such as not formatting correctly or exporting the information incorrectly.

What is Plagiarism?

"Plagiarism is the submission of another's work as one's own without acknowledgment in the written work."

-Southwestern University Student Handbook

In order to avoid plagiarism, you need to give credit to your source of information, whether it is a book, website, article in a journal, etc... For more information on plagiarism, see the InfoGuide listed below.